We performed a comparison between Cisco UCS B-Series and HPE BladeSystem based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Blade Servers solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."I can connect Cisco UCS B-Series to multiple chassis and rack servers using a unified platform, then manage them on a single console."
"The solution is very unified and the technical team is very supportive, no help is needed from outside vendors."
"I like that it's very manageable very easy to use and configure. I am not an expert, but the graphic user interface is quite simple very easy to use. It's a complete solution."
"The most beneficial feature is UCS Manager. It's the best way to manage hardware, creating group policies, like scrub policies and maintenance policies."
"It is a very robust and reliable solution."
"The scalability is very good."
"The feature that I found the most value is the abstract and stateless capacities."
"The product's tech support has good people."
"Uptime and service are valuable for us. When we have an issue, uptime and being able to get an emergency replacement or actual service is the most important thing for us."
"The solution is very easy to use."
"The most valuable feature of HPE BladeSystem is its upgradability and centralized configuration."
"They are very fast and very reliable. They are working under very tough conditions."
"The most valuable feature of the HPE BladeSystem is the ease of management and the robust design."
"Its ease of management, consolidation, connectivity, power, and cooling are the most valuable features."
"Wide choice in mixing SAN and LAN."
"The density of the BladeSystem, that we can keep adding blades as we need more VMs."
"It should be more user-friendly."
"The price of this product is too high. They should work to make it more affordable."
"It needs a better UI. Cisco makes a great product, but doesn't know how to make a UI."
"The configuration is a bit complex, as it requires very high technical expertise to apply it."
"The solution is expensive."
"It is more expensive than the competitors."
"The monitoring features and integration with other products can be improved."
"Integration with storage could be improved."
"It is really stable, however the motherboard sometimes crashes."
"We would like to see OneView software features as an additional feature."
"We have not needed to contact support because we have not had an issue. However, the partner support we had could improve. There are some disadvantages compared to Dell. The questions that are asked from the support are too lengthy, this causes a delay in support."
"This product needs a wider range of firmware compatibility matrix from the oldest to the newest blade server."
"HPE BladeSystem that we are using is currently very old. It's not too good. We haven't renewed it. I would like the solution to have more updates."
"For me, the product is okay, but I would probably suggest improvement in their services or technical support. They need to work harder in the preventative maintenance of the system. They need to improve in terms of how quickly can we get attention and how quickly problems are resolved. Its price could also be lower."
"Currently, in the case of a disk failure there is a need to remove the whole bay and as a result, to disconnect all the other disks."
"I'd like to see an all-in-one packet in the future."
Cisco UCS B-Series is ranked 3rd in Blade Servers with 64 reviews while HPE BladeSystem is ranked 2nd in Blade Servers with 134 reviews. Cisco UCS B-Series is rated 8.6, while HPE BladeSystem is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Cisco UCS B-Series writes "Robust hardware and efficient management of hardware, creating group policies, such as scrub policies and maintenance policies". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE BladeSystem writes "Very reliable, expands well, and is pretty simple to set up". Cisco UCS B-Series is most compared with HPE Synergy, Dell PowerEdge M, Super Micro SuperBlade, HPE Superdome X and Pure Storage FlashBlade, whereas HPE BladeSystem is most compared with HPE Synergy, Dell PowerEdge M, HPE Superdome X and Super Micro SuperBlade. See our Cisco UCS B-Series vs. HPE BladeSystem report.
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